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From: Fa-groon on 31 Mar 2010 14:06 On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:22:10 -0700, Thomas R. Kettler wrote (in article <tkettler-C661E6.11221031032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > In article <0001HW.C7D8492F000D309BF01846D8(a)news.giganews.com>, > Fa-groon <fa-groon(a)mad.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:19:06 -0700, Wes Groleau wrote >> (in article <houm0a$qdf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >> >>> Mocassin joe wrote: >>>> "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made >>>> . >>>> for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, >>>> you >>>> would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. >>> >>> I don't know anything about Keynote, but there's GOT TO be something >>> better than powerpoint out there! >>> >>> >> >> Yes there is and it IS Keynote. It's MUCH better than Powerpoint. Problem >> is, >> it's Mac only (although you can output a file from Keynote that a Windows >> version of Powerpoint CAN read and "play"). Being Mac only doesn't bother >> we >> who have chosen the correct platform, but the rest of you are gonna have to >> stick with Microsoft's "vision" of presentation technology (or Open >> Office's >> version of that "vision"). > > Microsoft's "vision" isn't even worthy of being classified as Braille > for the blind. > That's why it's in quotes.
From: Tim Murray on 31 Mar 2010 14:14 Fa-groon wrote: > Look jerk, I've used everything: Powerpoint, Keynote, OO, even > Aldus Persuasion I *might* still have Persuasion diskettes.
From: Wes Groleau on 31 Mar 2010 21:43 On 03-31-2010 11:33, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > Keynote, but nothing beats TeX/LaTeX. Note that TeX/LaTeX is a > fundamentally different approach to document preparation than typical > word processors. And the understatement of the year award goes to ..... -- Wes Groleau Quote from a learning log http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1386
From: Wes Groleau on 31 Mar 2010 21:48 On 03-31-2010 03:43, Sandman wrote: > Eh, MS powerpoint is by far the worst presentation application ever > made. Crayons on a rock would make a better presentation that > powerpoint. Don't lower yourself to their level. PowerPoint sucks, but it IS better than "crayons on a rock." -- Wes Groleau Is it an on-line compliment to call someone a Net Wit ?
From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 1 Apr 2010 00:45
nospam wrote: > In article <b22d87-931.ln1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Hadron > <hadronquark(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Peter is technically incompetent. He was showing off recently about what >> a great C programmer he is. Unfortunately for him he then proceeded to >> claim its just fine to de-reference a null pointer in C. > he obviously uses a mac for programming, because messaging nil in > objective-c is fine. :) So is it time to take out the garbage? -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid |